Syed Raza Ali Mehdi [email protected]
ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND LNG-FUELLED VESSELS
Maritime LNG training
26th September 2018, Denmark
Dr. Elif Bal Besikci [email protected]
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o Background:
• PhD, Maritime Transportation Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
• Oceangoing Chief Officer
o Current Status:
• Technical Officer OpenRisk Project
• Assistant Professor Istanbul Technical University
o Research Areas:
• Maritime safety and transportation
• Risk, Safety & Reliability Assessments
• Human factor at sea
• Maritime energy management and energy efficiency
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Background
o CO2 emissions generated by maritime transport represent a significant part of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
o Ships emitted 1046 million tonnes of CO2 in the year 2007 which make up approximately 3.3% of global emissions.
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Background
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The International Legal Regimes Governing Ship-Source Exhaust Emissions
o In 2008 amendments to Annex VI were made, and they became legally effective from 2012.
The MARPOL Convention
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MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI
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MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI
o In addition, IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) adopted the addition of new regulations related energy efficiency of ships to MARPOL (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Annex VI, as a new chapter (Chapter 4). Through this, since 1st of January 2013;
EEDI (all new ships)
SEEMP (all ships)
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LNG Fuelled Vessel
o The use of LNG allows for a significant reduction of NOx, SOx, and also CO2. In particular, the use of LNG compared to the use of HFO, leads to the following emission advantages (Smith, 2010).
NOx emissions are reduced by approximately 80-85% thanks to the lean burn combustion process implemented in dual fuel internal combustion engines;
SOx emissions are almost completely eliminated as LNG does not contain sulphur;
particle matter production is very low;
CO2 emissions are reduced by 20-30% due to higher hydrogen content in molecules in comparison with HFO/MDO.
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Emission reduction of medium ships with gas engine (Nogva 2008)
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Feasibility of LNG as a transport fuel
o In addition to environmental regulations driving this technology, aspects of LNG as a transport fuel in the maritime sector can be split into three:
Technological feasibility
Commercial viability
Economic feasibility
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Technological feasibility
Density of fuels (DNV 2010)
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Commercial viability
Infrastructure arrangements for supplying different end-users with LNG fuel through large, medium
and small terminal/ storage facilities (DMA, 2012)
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Economic feasibility
Cost structure for bulk carrier (Stopford 2009)
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Economic feasibility
Operating costs (Stopford 2009)
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Economic feasibility
Costs for a bulk carrier (Baumgart and Olsen, 2010)
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Economic feasibility
Intersection of costs (NOK) per nautical mile (NM) driven for a bulk carrier (Baumgart and Olsen, 2010)
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Economic feasibility
Economic impact of environmental regulations for a bulk carrier (Baumgart and Olsen, 2010)
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References
o Smith AB. Gas fuelled ships: fundamentals, benefits classification & operational issues. In: Proceedings of the first gas fuelled ships conference, Hamburg, Germany 2010.
o DMA, 2012b, North European LNG Infrastructure Project: A feasibility Study for an LNG Filling Station Infrastructure and Test of Recommendations Full Report, March 2012, Copenhagen.
o Baumgart, M. and Olsen, J.H.B., 2010, LNG Fueled Vessels in the Norwegian Short-Sea Market, MSc, Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment, Norway.
o Nogva, Børge. "Rolls-Royce." Rolls-Royce NOx reductions. 2008. http://www.nho.no/getfile.php/RollsRoyceNogva.pdf
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